AUGMENTED WEAVING
Augmented Weaving is an experimental research project around the technique of jacquard weaving and digital forms of craft. It is an exploration of physical, digital and virtual tools in textile material and shape creation. Envisioning a future where the digital realm is a boundless playground while the creation of physical objects becomes rare and the ultimate luxury.
Initiated by Anita Michaluszko and Flavia Bon in 2021. Their work was shown at the Dutch Design Week 22, nominated for Swiss Design Awards 23, won a Swiss Design Award in 24 and is part of the permanent collection of the Museum für Gestaltung in Zürich.
Physical crafts are the technologies of the pre-digital age while digital tools are becoming the crafts of the future. Flavia Bon and Anita Michaluszko are multidisciplinary practitioners in the field of craft and design. With their project Augmented Weaving they aim to bridge the gap between the two worlds by combining the technique of hand jacquard weaving, tailoring and digital technologies into seamless workflows.
Their goal is to explore uncharted territories and acquire knowledge. By leveraging one another’s technical strengths and interrogating traditional assumptions about craft, their aim is to explore opportunities for physical as well as digital textile materials. Their experimental methods are intended to be shared and further developed in collaboration in various fields and applications.
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Augmented Weaving’s work BALENCIAGA RECONSTRUCTED is on display at the exhibition COLLECTION INSIGHTS - SEVEN PERSPECTIVES at the Museum für Gestaltung Zurich.
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DIGITAL THINKING - PHYSICAL MAKING
PHYSICAL THINKING - DIGITAL MAKING
Image made in collaboration with the photographer Fan Liao
